Who Blew Up
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1. Sasha “Spex” Specker.
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| pex is this month’s Daily Image photographic stoke provider and a long time contributor to theBOMBsurf. Last week in a tightly contested final against 3 Hawaiians, he took out the 2012 DK Pipe Challenge at Pipeline. The multiskilled waverider blew the other boogers away in a cleverly strategised final which saw him scoop the the title and the cash from under the noses of the three Hawaiian’s who entering the water thought they had it on lock down. It’s great to see a saffa win at Pipe, well done Spex! |
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| 2. Matt Banting and Sally Fitzgibbons |
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he pair of Aussies dominated on home soil to ultimately emerge victorious after the week long extravaganza held at Manly beach which was the inaugural Australian Open of Surfing. Manly Beach is home to previous World Champions, Barton Lynch and Layne Beachley. It has also got to be one of the worst surf spots on Sydney’s Northern Beaches. Best known for serving up classic ‘straight hander’s’ it does however facilitate Olympic sized crowds. Don’t believe the still images you see or how the top surfers are able to pull multiple manoeuvres on this wave, for most normal surfers this is impossible.
It is a testament to Matt and Sally’s professional acumen that saw them perform under pressure in what can only be described as a mediocre wave at best. That said interestingly this event was co-sponsored by amongst others Billabong and Hurley. Is this just a sign of the times where single brand sponsorship is simply too expensive and could this herald a new chapter in Pro Surfing where we see ‘competitive’ brands teaming up to put on events? |
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| 3. Frank Solomon. |
Credit: Men’s Health
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| Frank has been charging hard on the North Shore recently, apparently hard enough to even impress Kelly Slater with one of his tube rides at Pipe. We all know that Frank Charges, but he does it in such a humble and simple way that he often gets overlooked. Apart from being complimented by the King himself for his Pipe performance, Frank’s been a busy boy in lineups from Pipe and Waimea to Mavericks recently. Perhaps all that overlooking is a thing of the past. Check out his 6 page feature in Men’s Health which breaks next week. |
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And Who Blew It?
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1. Clyde Martin.
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| Clyde slipped into SA quietly last week to visit family in Durban en route to Australia for the start of the World Tour on the Gold Coast. He arrived in the dark and woke early on the Bluff to find the waves cooking. He dug out an old board he had stashed at his folks place and hit one of the the quieter locations on that coastline to find to his surprise and pleasure he had it all to himself. The only drawback to his incredible windfall was that the board he was riding hadn’t been waxed for quite some time and he wasn’t traveling with any wax... Need we spell out how that session unfolded? |
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2. Robbie Fleck.
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| Apart from being a demon on the Rugby field Robbie is also a passionate surfer. He tore his ACL in the first few minutes of a Ten’s Tournament and now finds himself out of the surf and off the Rugby pitch for 6 months. Eish! We wish him a speedy recovery. |
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| 3. Eskom. |
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| The morons in charge of our national power supply announced recently that consumers should brace themselves for a 25% increase in rates... This from the idiots who paid themselves millions in bonuses last year, can barely keep the lights on in SA and to top it off want to build a nuclear reactor overshadowing J-Bay at Thyspunt. If it wasn’t so serious we’d call this ‘Daylight Robbery’. TheBOMBsurf reckons the whole executive board should be publicly flogged and then fed to the sharks! |
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